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Book The Role of Law Enforcement in Public Health Emergencies

Download or read book The Role of Law Enforcement in Public Health Emergencies written by Edward P. Richards and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public health emergencies pose special challenges for law enforcement, whether the threat is manmade (e.g., the anthrax terrorist attacks) or naturally occurring (e.g., flu pandemics). Policing strategies will vary depending on the cause and level of the threat, as will the potential risk to the responding officers. In a public health emergency, law enforcement will need to quickly coordinate its response with public health and medical officials, many of whom they may not have worked with previously. Depending on the threat, law enforcement's role may include enforcing public health orders (e.g., quarantines or travel restrictions), securing the perimeter of contaminated areas, securing health care facilities, controlling crowds, investigating scenes of suspected biological terrorism, and protecting national stockpiles of vaccines or other medicines. In a large-scale incident, such as a pandemic, law enforcement resources will quickly become overwhelmed, and law enforcement officials will have to balance their resources and efforts between these new responsibilities and everyday service demands. All of this may have to be accomplished with a greatly diminished workforce, as officers and their families may become infected and ill, and some personnel may determine that the risk of continuing to report to work is just too great to themselves or their families. A department's ability to respond effectively to any emergency--public health or otherwise--greatly depends on its preparedness, and this is directly linked to the law enforcement agency's planning and its partnerships. This document will help state and local law enforcement officials and policymakers to understand communicable diseases (including terminology and methods of transmission) and the threat they pose to public health and safety. The document outlines key concerns that law enforcement officials must address in preparation for a virus-caused pandemic and other public health emergencies and identifies issues that may arise in the department's “all-hazards” approach. The document has three main sections: • Preparing the department (e.g., maintaining operational continuity). • Protecting the officers (e.g., educating them about transmission, vaccination, and treatment). • Protecting the community (e.g., maintaining public order). In addition, five appendixes provide background information and additional resources.

Book The Role of Law Enforcement in Emergency Management and Homeland Security

Download or read book The Role of Law Enforcement in Emergency Management and Homeland Security written by Mark R. Landahl and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the role and involvement of law enforcement agencies across the spectrum of homeland security and emergency management. Contributions from expert practitioners and academics are organized around the mission areas of mitigation/protection, prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.

Book Policing Pandemics

Download or read book Policing Pandemics written by Karl Roberts and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the role of police in public health emergencies such as pandemics. Modern policing has become increasingly complex with police officers required to respond to a wide variety of emergencies and other potentially dangerous situations, where well-designed and executed police responses can mitigate fatalities and economic damage. It provides an overview for non-specialists of the nature and characteristics of different pandemics like COVID-19 as well as diseases with pandemic potential, biological weapons and agroterrorism. It discusses the police responses to them and the challenges presented by them. It covers topics including: different police responses to naturally occurring and deliberate events, the police role in the governance of biological research, the role of leaders and leadership in responding to pandemics, impacts on first responder wellness and workforce capability, and police capacity and capability from a global perspective. It offers advice on effective engagement between law enforcement and other professionals and agencies, with case studies designed to highlight best practices in pandemic preparedness and the various challenges identified. It speaks to a wide market of academics, health organisations, governments and NGOs.

Book Communication and Public Health Emergencies

Download or read book Communication and Public Health Emergencies written by Corina Solé Brito and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Law Enforcement and Public Health

Download or read book Law Enforcement and Public Health written by Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The expanding remit of policing as a fundamental part of the public health continuum is increasingly acknowledged on the international scene. Similarly the growing role of health professionals as brokers of public safety means that the need for scholarly resources for developing knowledge and broadening theoretical positioning and questioning is becoming urgent and crucial. The fields of law enforcement and public health are beginning to understand the inextricable links between public safety and public health and the need to shift policies and practices towards more integrated practices. This book comes as a first, an utterly timely scholarly collection that brings together the views of multidisciplinary commentators on a wide range of issues and disciplines within the law enforcement and public health (LEPH) arena. The book addresses the more conceptual aspects of the relationship as well as more applied fields of collaboration, and the authors describe and analyze a range of service delivery examples taken from real-life instances of partnerships in action. Among the topics covered: ​Defund, Dismantle or Define Law Enforcement, Public Health, and Vulnerability Law Enforcement and Mental Health: The Missing Middle The Challenges of Sustaining Partnerships and the Diversification of Cultures Using Public Health Concepts and Metrics to Guide Policing Strategy and Practice Policing Pandemics Law Enforcement and Public Health: Partners for Community Safety and Wellbeing is essential reading for a wide array of professions and areas of expertise in the intersectoral field of LEPH. It is an indispensable resource for public health and law enforcement specialists (practitioners, educators, scholars, and researchers) and training programs across the world, as well as individuals interested in developing their knowledge and capacity to respond to complex LEPH issues in the field, including public prosecutors, coroners, and the judiciary. The text also can be used for undergraduate and postgraduate university policing, criminology, sociology, psychology, social work, public health, and medicine programs.

Book Emergency Public Health

Download or read book Emergency Public Health written by Girish Kapur and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Sciences & Professions

Book Law Enforcement Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies

Download or read book Law Enforcement Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies written by Police Executive Research Forum and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Law Enforcement Responder

    Book Details:
  • Author : Randy G. Stair
  • Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
  • Release : 2012-04-06
  • ISBN : 144968937X
  • Pages : 570 pages

Download or read book Law Enforcement Responder written by Randy G. Stair and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-06 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public safety professionals and emergency responders today face greater threats than ever before in our history. The traditional role of law enforcement has vastly expanded to require extraordinarily broad-based emergency response capabilities. Law Enforcement Responder: Principles of Emergency Medicine, Rescue, and Force Protection prepares homeland security leaders, law enforcement officers, security professionals, and public safety officials for the wide range of emergency responses they must perform on a daily basis. The textbook addresses all of the competency statements in the National EMS Education Standards at the Emergency Medical Responder level, as well as additional lifesaving content specific to law enforcement that far exceeds the core curriculum. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

Book Framework for Improving Cross Sector Coordination for Emergency Preparedness and Response

Download or read book Framework for Improving Cross Sector Coordination for Emergency Preparedness and Response written by A. McKing and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Workgroup on Public Health and Law Enforcement Emergency Preparedness considered ways to improve cross-sectoral coordination for emergency preparedness. The Workgroup was guided by the following core principles: balancing Federal, State, and local power and responsibilities; balancing the common good with safeguarding individual liberties; preserving the rule of law; and building on existing emergency response coordination mechanisms and structures wherever possible. The Workgroup identified a set of action steps that pertain to organization and implementation; roles and responsibilities; communication and information-sharing; and education, training, and exercises. Appendix and bibliography. Illustrations.

Book Evidence Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

Download or read book Evidence Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-11-28 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When communities face complex public health emergencies, state local, tribal, and territorial public health agencies must make difficult decisions regarding how to effectively respond. The public health emergency preparedness and response (PHEPR) system, with its multifaceted mission to prevent, protect against, quickly respond to, and recover from public health emergencies, is inherently complex and encompasses policies, organizations, and programs. Since the events of September 11, 2001, the United States has invested billions of dollars and immeasurable amounts of human capital to develop and enhance public health emergency preparedness and infrastructure to respond to a wide range of public health threats, including infectious diseases, natural disasters, and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear events. Despite the investments in research and the growing body of empirical literature on a range of preparedness and response capabilities and functions, there has been no national-level, comprehensive review and grading of evidence for public health emergency preparedness and response practices comparable to those utilized in medicine and other public health fields. Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response reviews the state of the evidence on PHEPR practices and the improvements necessary to move the field forward and to strengthen the PHEPR system. This publication evaluates PHEPR evidence to understand the balance of benefits and harms of PHEPR practices, with a focus on four main areas of PHEPR: engagement with and training of community-based partners to improve the outcomes of at-risk populations after public health emergencies; activation of a public health emergency operations center; communication of public health alerts and guidance to technical audiences during a public health emergency; and implementation of quarantine to reduce the spread of contagious illness.

Book Public Health Law

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lawrence O. Gostin
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2008-09-02
  • ISBN : 0520253760
  • Pages : 800 pages

Download or read book Public Health Law written by Lawrence O. Gostin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this completely revised second edition, Gostin analyzes the major health threats of our times, from emerging infectious diseases (e.g., SARS and pandemic influenza) to bioterrorism (e.g., the deliberate release of anthrax and smallpox) to chronic diseases caused by overweight and obesity. By analyzing transnational law, Gostin shows how public health law transcends national borders in areas ranging from infectious disease and tobacco use to world trade and access to essential medicines. Public Health Law creates an intellectual framework for the modern field of public health and supports that framework with illustrations of the intellectual, scientific, political, and ethical issues involved. In proposing innovative solutions for the future of the public's health, Gostin's essential study provides a blueprint for coming public and political debates about this vital and burgeoning field."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Public Health Laws and Regulations

Download or read book Public Health Laws and Regulations written by Montana State Board of Health and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Emergency Ethics

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bruce Jennings
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 0190270748
  • Pages : 321 pages

Download or read book Emergency Ethics written by Bruce Jennings and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scholars in bioethics and public health ethics clarify the key values and norms of emergency planning and response and address ethical issues relating to the allocation of scarce resources, research in the context of emergencies, community participation in preparedness planning, the protection of those with special needs, and the duties public health professionals.

Book The Future of Public Health

    Book Details:
  • Author : Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 1988-01-15
  • ISBN : 0309581907
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book The Future of Public Health written by Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1988-01-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Nation has lost sight of its public health goals and has allowed the system of public health to fall into 'disarray'," from The Future of Public Health. This startling book contains proposals for ensuring that public health service programs are efficient and effective enough to deal not only with the topics of today, but also with those of tomorrow. In addition, the authors make recommendations for core functions in public health assessment, policy development, and service assurances, and identify the level of government--federal, state, and local--at which these functions would best be handled.